1. Finnish transboundary water cooperation
Operational water balance model for mines
Why?
All countries in the river basin benefit
Protect water environment as equally as possible
Prevent floods and droughts
Common adaptation to climate change
Finnish Environment Institue provides services to all transboundary water commissions in Finland

2. Operational water balance model for mines: aims and benefits
Provides real time simulations and forecasts:
Water level, discharge
Ground water
Water balance components
Transport of marker substances
Improves awareness of actual quantities of water and water balances
Gives possibility to forecast water masses in future
Promotes the anticipation and management of the amounts of water
Is an interactive tool to improve cooperation between companies, consultants and authorities
Decision support and risk management tool
Establishment, operation, closure

3. Schematic overview of the system

4. Example: Yara mining area
Lake / reservoir water levels and outflow discharges

5. Interactive operation: www-interface
Viewing results
Operating the system
Simulation automatically

6. Example: Tracing transport of substances
Simulation of a hypothetical 1 ton of Nickel discharged on the 09/11/2014 into the freshwater ecosystem from Talvivaara mine

7. Modelling other mining areas
Forecasts for mines extracted from normal daily forecasts for specified areas
Talvivaara/Terrafame nickel mine in Sotkamo Agnico
Eagle Finland Gold mine in Kittilä